Graded stakes winner Kiss My Maruska will enter stud in 2026 at Scarlett Hill Farm near Weatherford, Texas.

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By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

WEATHERFORD, TX—JULY 25, 2025—Kiss My Maruska SI 105, a Grade 2 stakes winner and Grade 1-placed son of leading sire Kiss My Hocks, will begin his stallion career in 2026 at Scarlett Hill Farm near Weatherford, Texas. The accomplished runner, who is currently in training, will stand for a fee of $3,500, with consideration.

Owned and raced by Heavy Hitters Racing Stables, Kiss My Maruska has hit the board in all 12 of his career starts, earning $606,226 through July of his 3-year-old season.

Among his most notable performances are a victory in the Dash For Cash Futurity (G2), second-place finishes in the Texas Classic Futurity (G1), Louisiana Downs Futurity (G1), and Heritage Place Derby (G2), and third-place finishes in the Heritage Place Futurity (G1) and Evangeline Downs Futurity (G2). He is expected to continue racing through the end of the year before retiring to stud.

Kiss My Maruska (#9) winning the Grade 2 $432,990 Dash For Cash Futurity(G2) at Lone Star Park.
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His sire, two-time AQHA Champion Kiss My Hocks SI 109, earned $1,199,385 during his racing career and won such prestigious events as the Ruidoso Futurity(G1) and Rainbow Derby (G1). From seven crops to race, Kiss My Hocks has sired 35 stakes winners, including one champion, with 245 winners overall and progeny earnings exceeding $15.8 million.

Kiss My Maruska is out of the Favorite Cartel mare Ms Highmaitence SI 90, a producer of three ROM runners from as many starters. All three have earned black type, including Kiss My Maruska SI 104 (see above), Grade 2-placed Red Reddington SI 105—second in the Sam Houston Futurity (G2) ,a full brother to Kiss My Maruska—and stakes-placed Brock Landers SI 97, a two-time winner with earnings of $58,944 and a third-place finish in the Leon Bard Memorial.

The second dam is the Grade 3-winning Pritzi Dash mare Bee Dashing SI 93, winner of the Corona Chick Handicap (G3) and runner-up in the Ed Burke Million Futurity (G1), who earned $167,425 on the track.

The extended female family includes standout performers such as champion The Black Alliance SI 108, who earned $543,000, and Grade 3 winner A Honey Of A Dash SI 98, who earned $116,523.

For more information or to request a breeding contract, contact Gus Barakis, farm manager, at (682) 290-5750 or cell (817) 925-9610.
 

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